Today, I wrote the most beautiful college application essay ever, ten minutes before the online deadline. Instead of clicking "submit", I clicked the button next to it that said "return". The entire essay vanished into internet wasteland. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, after pulling an all-nighter on an essay, I submitted it one minute before the deadline and felt like a genius. Later, I reopened the file and discovered I'd uploaded the rough draft instead of the final version. The last line ended with “fix this later,” which was not my finest academic work. FML
Today, I pulled an all-nighter to finish an essay. I submitted it one minute before the deadline. Later, I opened the file to double-check and realized I'd uploaded my rough draft, containing notes like “THIS PART MAKES NO SENSE, FIX LATER.” The professor then replied, “I agree with your assessments.” FML
Today, I went to check my grade, which was posted for an essay for my comp 1 class. I got a zero. I was devastated only to find out I never actually clicked the submit document button. My grade dropped 20 points. FML
Today, after meticulously rereading my application, merging references, budgets, academic transcripts and itineraries for an amazing scholarship, I clicked submit, only to remember that the system was on Daylight Savings time, which we don't have in my state! I missed out on $2,500 by 3 minutes. FML
Today, I was writing an essay while sleep-deprived. In between actually writing, I started typing my thoughts. It was only after I’d submitted the essay that I realized that I hadn’t deleted the random words. My teacher can see my early-morning rambling about potatoes. I have no way to delete it. FML
Today, I mailed out a college application that is going to another country. I paid $250 for the application and $11 for shipping. I just realized that I forgot to sign the bottom of the application. FML
Today, after submitting my college application, I noticed that I mistyped "math enthusiast" as "meth enthusiast". FML
Today, after submitting a 500-word essay to a writing contest, I found out that I lost to someone who wrote 3 sentences. FML
Today, I borrowed my dad's laptop to type an essay. While I was saving it, I noticed some curious looking files and I opened them. They were rejection letters from all the colleges I had applied to. My dad had been forging them so he wouldn't have to pay for my tuition bills. FML
Today, I was taking a final test online that would account for 65% of my final grade, for which I'd worked extremely hard. I had one submission for the test, and my roommate thought it would be funny to click the "Submit All" Button while I was getting a glass of water. I got a 13%. FML
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rexchanna 3
ydi for not taking the proper time to write the application. And for writing it in the browser. and for not turning it in earlier.
I_found_nemo 0
Learn a lesson, maybe? COPY AND PASTE FROM A DOCUMENT!
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TheOthin 0
You don't save your work, you deserve whatever happens to it.
perdix 31
I guess you're not college material after all.
Witchcraft_fml 5
Well, she knows how to procrastinate really well, so at least she's got that part of it down. :]
perdix 31
If she convince the admissions committee that her grandmother died that moment, she'd be really ready for college. College students are magically bestowed with an endless supply of sickly grandparents with one foot in the grave ready to nobly perish once their beloved grandchild-scholar gets shit-faced the night before any examination.
Witchcraft_fml 5
Oh, yes. Attending fifty funerals a semester is common among college students. I prefer to do it the old-school way and tell the professor that my dog ate my homework, and so forth.
dramatay 0
Yeah that happened to me a few times while filling out applications. Except I had the foresight to write the essay in word first, and also to turn in my application earlier than the last day.
iwadasn 33
Then it didn't really happen to you, did it?
luxornv 0
That's why you type those in something like Word and then copy it to the application. That way you can save it, and also at least do spell check on it.
RubixMonkey 0
The internet elves thank you for the wonderful essay. We decline to give it back due to unspecified reasons. You did not submit the application of return on time and so we are not inclined to support your endeavors. Much thanks, Oh-Ka-Rap, leader of the internet elves.
suaveneanderthal 0
see this is why you don't wait until ten minutes before the deadline! I applied to college in north carolina two years ago and trust me they give you plenty of notice about when early decision, early application and regular application deadlines are. Even though i don't know of a single college in which the regular application deadlines have already passed. I could believe that early application and certainly early decision have passed but regular applications should still be open. All schools are different though.
ottospielen 0
Why is everyone telling her to copy/paste from a Word processor? The real solution here is to click the correct button. Do you have Parkinson's or something? Edit: Whoops, clicked Spill the beans! button by mistake, fixed now.
imafreak2 0
notepad??? who the **** writes in notepad other than web designers??? ur a dumbass
the_stereotype 0
ahahaha! it took me a couple of rereads to get it, but #19, that was witty. i have to hand it to you.
GrapefruitZoe 0
I use notepad for everything that doesn't need special formatting. It opens faster, takes less memory, and is easier to use.
BeeSkwaird 0
Wow, imafreak2, that was the stupidest comment I've seen on FML today, and that's saying a lot!
Tribulations 0
Save your work every ten minutes, and write it in a word processor. Oh, and never leave stuff to the last minute. YDI on many levels.
Casualt1234 0
thats why you type an essay on word, save it, print it out, have someone qualified read it (ie, a teacher) and then edit it, repeat. then copy and paste it onto the application space. since you obviously procrastinated til the last minute, i doubt your essay was the "most beautiful college application essay ever." good luck getting into community college. i doubt any would take you tho
boshans 0
I'm sure the essay wasn't that beautiful if you are stupid enough to hit the wrong button. What do you not look at shit before you click it? I think I would be more careful if the damn thing was that great on what button I press.